Gaetz Is Getting ‘Cawthorned’ Even Gingrich Can’t Stand ‘Childish’ Ways

Matt Gaetz is not a popular guy right now. He caused a gigantic explosion in Washington, D.C. Tuesday and the shock waves from that event are going outwards and they will continue to do so for some time. Kevin McCarthy has had the shortest term as Speaker since Michael Kerr of Albany who died of tuberculosis in 1876 — unless you want to count Theodore Pomperoy who was Speaker for one day in 1869. Gaetz engineered this historic and histrionic event and now the Leopards Eating Peoples’ Faces Party is looking to take a piece out of his face.

Away we go. Gaetz is getting Cawthorned. 🍿🍿🍿 https://t.co/hCIWPL0Zlr

— GeorgiaPeach OG Biden Babe 🥁🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@ChrisFromGA68) October 5, 2023

Does Matty G have his MTG court Vest with level 4 Tactical plates built into that Suit? See photo. He is Getting Madison Cawthorned by Friday! If McCarthy wins or loses! Matty G is all Over! pic.twitter.com/lYizVgOBQG

— Jake Jacobsen (@DJJakeJ) October 3, 2023

Oh Noooo Matt! 😱
Ethics examining allegations including that Gaetz violated sex trafficking laws, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, converted campaign funds to personal use and accepted a bribe. Boy Bye!#Cawthorned #MattGaetzResign

— Make it Stop – Liberty and Justice for All 🌊🌊🌊 (@mcarr2021) October 5, 2023

This is spot on. You recall Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels’ edict, “Accuse your enemies of that which you yourself are doing.”

The only thing weirder than this would be if Trump and Melania did it. Fat chance of them getting on the same stage anytime soon.

Matt Gaetz stayed at Barbie's Nightmare House. #Cawthorned pic.twitter.com/xDSK0LwjXM

— Bob Davidson (@oybay) October 5, 2023

Everybody hates Matt Gaetz, Republicans more so.

“I think Matt Gaetz is a disgraceful human being,” Matt Lawler told reporters Wednesday. “I think he has certainly alienated lots of people left and right.”

Lawler added he thought Gaetz should be kicked out of the Republican conference altogether.

Gaetz’s fellow Florida Republicans think he is “divisive. Disrespectful. Selfish,” not to mention desperate for attention, according to Politico.

“He’s about clicks,” Carlos Giménez said. “He’s about how many cameras he can get shoved in his face, and he’s a historical figure because he caused for the first time in history and all that. I think he gets off on that.”

Many Republicans said it was “disgusting” and “inappropriate” that Gaetz also began to fundraise off kicking McCarthy out, all while bringing the party no closer to achieving its legislative goals.

“At the end of the day, we’re doing this, we’re not passing appropriations bills,” Michael Waltz said of the vote to vacate. “We’re not dealing with the border. We’re not dealing with inflation.”

Giménez also warned that Gaetz has “very few friends”—and the list seems to be shrinking. Chip Roy and Gaetz have been staunch anti-McCarthy allies from the beginning, both holding out against the California Republican during the votes for speaker in January. When Gaetz replaced Roy on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government in February, Roy said he was glad to hand the spot over to “my friend.”

But Roy is singing a very different tune now, lashing out Tuesday at Gaetz and the other Republicans who voted against McCarthy.

“Some of our brothers and sisters—particularly in the, you know, MAGA camp, I think—particularly enjoy the circular firing squad,” Roy said Tuesday night on The Blaze. “You want to come at me and call me a RINO? You can kiss my ass.”

Maybe Gaetz will get expelled from the House. Maybe he’ll finally be found guilty of sexual misconduct, illegal drug use, and who knows what all? The House is in a state of paralysis right now and the GOP looks bad, so somebody is going to have to pick up the check at the end of the day and I think it will be Gaetz. Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi are of one mind, amazingly, and that is that Gaetz’ behavior is “childish” and theatrical.

Maybe Gaetz will ride all this publicity into the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee in 2026. We’ve seen nothing but strange things occur in the past seven years since MAGA has been in the ascendant, why not that? On the other hand, Gaetz may have committed political seppuku by doing in McCarthy.